2016 Thus Far

[kybearfuzz]

I got up a bit late today, but the day has been fairly decent.

• I did my first run in two weeks today. Holidays and head colds have really put a major dent in my diet and workout routine. It wasn't a bad run. I did two miles without stopping, then ran sprints for another 1.5 miles. It was cold out, but sunny and that is actually not bad running weather.



• The head cold is down to a nagging intermittent cough right now. Hopefully it'll be all gone next week.
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• A buddy of mine and I saw "The Hateful Eight" last night. It was a long movie, but very entertaining. Like typical Tarantino, it was loaded with curse and had copious usage of the n-word, largely directed at the top billing star Samuel L. Jackson. He really is a great actor. Actually, the whole movie was loaded with good actors and the story is told in "chapters." The audience seemed very engrossed in it and clapped when it was done.



• The found money total for 2015 was $4.02, which is the most I've found since starting this in 2009. Oddly, I've been finding quarters a lot lately.



• I've been working on my computer today. The "El Capitan" OS X has wrecked havoc on my use of my desktop computer, to the point where it is very counterproductive. I can't imagine what the reviews of this system are, but it blocks so many different types of software I use. So I tried to partition the hard drive so I could load an older OS X version on it and boot from it, seeing if it would allow me to access the software I need, but El Capitan blocks any way of reading the older discs I have. I have an idea or two to try to see if I could get this partition set up, but it's turning into a nightmare.



• I forgot that my nephew's birthday is Monday. Sigh... I'll see if I can't send him a belated card.

Comments

[barak.livejournal.com]

If you're having booting problems with your desktop, and want to try to recover files before starting over, El Capitan has a built in Recovery System. [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314]

You can also make your own Emergency OS X USB Drive: http://www.macworld.com/article/2981585/operating-systems/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-11-el-capitan-installer-drive.html

When you say El Capitan blocks software you want to use... what exactly happens? I ask because I wonder if you have the Don't Allow Apps You've Downloaded option checked (look in System Preferences >> Security & Privacy >> General >> Allow Apps ... (bottom half of panel)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

The problem is that El Capitan doesn't allow any of the PowerPC applications to be run -- Microsoft Office, my version of Photoshop, etc. My goal was to partition the hard drive and upload an older OS X on it and boot from that, so they would be available if I ran that system in theory.

I can't load the older system on the partition because El Capitan won't allow Power PC things and that's what my older system is (I'm using OS X Tiger).

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

A question about the movie ... How graphic was the violence? I know it's Tarentino, but am curious ...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

It's pretty graphic, lots of gunshots, some in the head which makes them explode. And there is a lot of hitting, including men hitting women.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I pay so little with cash anymore that there wouldn't be any found change to find really. Truly, I think the only time I use cash is at the bar, and that seems to be down to once or twice a month at most. Plus... I just leave the coins they give me to add to the one or two dollar tip.

I'd like to see hateful 8 but think I will wait until DVD. A 2 hour movie is hard enough for me to sit through in a theater, a longer one like this would be tough. I know some theaters are actually playing it with an intermission, which I haven't heard of in decades :P